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Athens Area SD board reorganizes leadership, approves routine contracts and budget benchmark
Summary
The Athens Area School District Board of Directors completed its annual reorganization and approved routine governance, financial and operations items at its December meeting, electing Michael Owen president and approving an Act 1 budget-resolution benchmark.
The Athens Area School District Board of Directors completed its annual reorganization and approved routine governance, financial and operations items at its December meeting.
In the reorganization, Michael Owen was elected board president by a paper ballot (Michael Owen 5 votes; Kathy Jo Minnick 4 votes). Kathy Jo Minnick was later approved as vice president by voice vote. The board also appointed Natalie Smart as the district’s PSBA liaison and named Cindy Cooper as the Northern Tier Career Center primary representative; Smart was approved as the Career Center alternate. The board did not nominate representatives for IU 17; those positions remained vacant for 2025.
Board members voted unanimously on a set of standard agenda items: approval of the Nov. 12 minutes, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Athens Area…
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